Nutcracker Cinnamon Stick Ornaments
Make your own adorable set of nutcracker ornaments using cinnamon sticks.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon Sticks 1x 6” long and 2x 3” long
- Americana Acrylics Paint in Snow White, True Blue, Lamp Black, Warm Biege (we also used Primary Red and Yellow for the additional ornaments)
- DecoArt Extreme Sheen in 24K Gold
- Paint brush
- Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
- Gold ribbon cut to 10” long
Instructions
- Paint one third of the longest cinnamon stick in Warm Biege. Paint the tips of the other shorter cinnamon sticks in the same color.
- Paint the lower half of the longest cinnamon stick in white.
- Paint the middle section of all sticks in blue.
- Paint the both ends of the longest cinnamon stick in black and add a narrow stripe to the middle of the long stick, over top of the blue painted section.
- Paint the unfinished ends of the shorter sticks in 24K gold.
- Preheat the glue gun. Glue the shorter sticks to the sides of the long cinnamon stick.
- Fold the ribbon in half and glue the cut end to the top of the nutcracker.
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